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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. The voice between soprano and alto. Also - in sheet music - a direction for the tempo to be played at medium speed.
Mezzo
Notation
Accelerando
Chorale
2. The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key.For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.
Trio
Falsetto
Relative major and minor
Encore
3. The retuning of a stringed instrument in order to play notes below the ordinary range of the instrument or to produce an usual tone color.
Scordatura
Chant
Beat
Whole-tone scale
4. Repetition of a single tone.
Monotone
Choir
Voice
Exposition
5. Ability to determine the pitch of a note as it relates to the notes that precede and follow it.
Adagio
Serenade
Cantata
Relative pitch
6. The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.
Triad
Cantata
Pitch
Octet
7. Tones used to embellish the principal melodic tone.
Ornaments
Trio
Beat
Phrase
8. Movement or passage that concludes the musical composition.
Da Capo
Finale
Operetta
Quartet
9. The element of music pertaining to time - played as a grouping of notes into accented and unaccented beats.
Rhythm
Classicism
Octave
Unison
10. A 17th century dance written in Quadruple time - always beginning on the third beat of the measure.
Tutti
Interval
Gavotte
Virtuoso
11. A canon where the melody is sung in two or more voices. After the first voice begins - the next voice starts singing after a couple of measures are played in the preceding voice. All parts repeat continuously.
Parody
Round
Intermezzo
Intermezzo
12. A form of Italian opera beginning at the end of the 19th century. The setting is contemporary to the composer's own time - and the characters are modeled after every day life.
Flat
Tempo
Choir
Verismo
13. A symbol in sheet music that returns a note to its original pitch after it has been augmented or diminished.
Time Signature
Natural
Slur
Scale
14. Dull - monotonous tone such as a humming or buzzing sound. Also a bass note held under a melody.
Drone
Rubato
Da Capo
Canon
15. A person with notable technical skill in the performance of music.
Concerto
Libretto
Virtuoso
Staccato
16. The piece of cane in wind instruments. The players cause vibrations by blowing through it in order to produce sound.
Harmony
Chorus
Conductor
Reed
17. One of the two modes of the tonal system. The minor mode can be identified by the dark - melancholic mood.
Ostinato
Minor
Opus
Ostinato
18. Music written for a lively French dance for two performers written in triple time.
Galliard
Scale
Castrato
Romantic
19. A solo concert with or without accompaniment.
Carol
Recital
Key
Modes
20. Two or three melodic lines played at the same time.
Contralto
Virtuoso
Counterpoint
Intonation
21. Curved line connecting notes to be sung or played as a phrase.
Ligature
Chant
Temperament
Rondo
22. A single line of music played or sung. A musical sentence.
Impromptu
Phrase
Movement
Pentatonic Scale
23. A set of six musicians who perform a composition written for six parts.
Sonata form
Key
Sextet
Madrigal
24. Music written to be sung or played in unison.
Homophony
Baroque
Dissonance
Modulation
25. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played grandly.
Septet
Chorale
String Quartet
Grandioso
26. Dull - monotonous tone such as a humming or buzzing sound. Also a bass note held under a melody.
Glissando
Drone
Choir
Recapitulation
27. The first tone of a scale also known as a keynote.
Tonic
Opus
Espressivo
Parody
28. A canon where the melody is sung in two or more voices. After the first voice begins - the next voice starts singing after a couple of measures are played in the preceding voice. All parts repeat continuously.
Hymn
Fourth
Round
Choir
29. A style of male singing where by partial use of the vocal chords - the voice is able to reach the pitch of a female.
Falsetto
Partita
Gregorian Chant
Scherzo
30. A symbol indicating the note is to be raised by one semitone.
Sharp
Introduction
Gregorian Chant
Renaissance
31. When several strings are tuned to harmonically related pitches - all strings vibrate when only one of the strings is struck.
Presto
Octave
Tutti
Resonance
32. The voice between soprano and alto. Also - in sheet music - a direction for the tempo to be played at medium speed.
Mezzo
Glee
Piano
Motif
33. The expression the performer brings when playing his instrument.
Interpretation
Fermata
Song cycle
Tuning
34. In sheet music - an instruction to repeat the beginning of the piece before stopping on the final chord.
Da Capo
Key signature
Leitmotif
Clavier
35. One of the two modes of the tonal system. Music written in major keys have a positive affirming character.
Octave
Contralto
Septet
Major
36. A loose collection of instrumental compositions.
Pentatonic Scale
Staccato
Suite
Glee
37. A mild glissando between two notes for an expressive effect.
Verismo
Galliard
Portamento
Leading note
38. A successive transposition and repetition of a phrase at different pitches.
Orchestration
Sequence
Whole note
Pastoral
39. Quick repetition of the same note or the rapid alternation between two notes.
Rococo
Tremolo
Encore
Interpretation
40. A 19th century square dance written for 4 couples.
Rubato
Madrigal
Quadrille
Capriccio
41. Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.
Septet
Operetta
Key signature
Interlude
42. The unit of measure where the beats on the lines of the staff are divided up into two - three - four beats to a measure.
Relative pitch
Requiem
Measure
Castrato
43. A short piece originally preceded by a more substantial work - also an orchestral introduction to opera - however not lengthy enough to be considered an overture.
Prelude
Cavatina
Triplet
Grandioso
44. A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece.
Cavatina
Sonata form
Form
Tritone
45. A reprise.
Chorale
Glissando
Impromptu
Recapitulation
46. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.
Part
Scherzo
Interpretation
Pitch
47. Convenient method of numbering a composer's works where a number follows the word 'opus'.For example - Opus 28 - No. 4.
Sextet
Vivace
Opus
Finale
48. The first violin in an orchestra.
Carol
Sonata
Concert master
Drone
49. Initially an improvised cadence by a soloist; later becoming an elaborate and written out passage in an aria or concerto - featuring the skills of an instrumentalist or vocalist.
Classical
Unison
Cadenza
Quadrille
50. Closing section of a movement.
Coda
Concerto
Resonance
Quartet